First record of the southern sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys anisitsi Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 (Teleostei: Loricariidae), in India

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 606-608

  Sinha, Rav K ^a   Sinha, Raj K ^a   Sarkar, U K ^b   Lakra, W S ^b  

^a PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSARCUS; LORICARIIDAE; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77955168156     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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